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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I'm just wondering if Edmonton has taken the same level of hit as Calgary has, this city has been gutted because of the head office situation, The trickle down effect might hit Edmonton as hard this year.
Plus Edmonton tends to be more blue collar and its the union home of the province.
If the NDP is forced to go after Union roll backs in their something like 170 negotiations this year, the Unions might turn on them.
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A lot of business minded Edmontonians still are mad at the cuts from Klein. It's like their own mini NEP. The perception (which is reality in politics) is that Edmonton institutional jobs were sacrificed to permit the Calgary business community to jump into the stratosphere. A lot of talk that people wont let that happen again.
The downturn is being felt but not to the same degree. There are a lot of businesses downsizing and large capacity for commercial space - which is going to bottom out next year when 2 new downtown spaces are finished.
However, the institutional employment hasn't changed. And the attitude of many of the workers is that they sacrificed salary for job security during the boom.
And i'll also say this. As positive as Derek Fildebrandt is for the WR and their fundraising down south, he goes over like a lead balloon in Edmonton and the NDP just point to his tweets and his actions and smile as Edmontonians pour money into NDP accounts. Actually, lead balloon is being too polite for how he is received by the average Joe up here. Donald Trump would probably poll better.